{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F080f53e9-cba9-4608-ae7c-54c8c174baac","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Don't Let them Ruin God For You","description":"As a mentor and teacher who works with people that are spiritually curious, spiritually seeking or are doing deep personal & spiritual transformation work, I hear all kinds of comments like: \u201cI\u2019m a recovering Catholic\u201d or \u201cI haven\u2019t prayed in 10 years\u201d or \u201cthe word \u2018God\u2019 makes me cringe\u201d, or \u201cI don\u2019t know what I even believe anymore\u201d.\n\nWhen we dive deeper into their experiences and stories behind those comments, one of the common things and themes that I discover is that for so many people \u201cGod\u201d or a dogmatic approach to \u201cGod\u201d by others, was either crammed down their throats as kids, or used as a threat, weapon or judgmental source against them. \n\nIn some cases, people were even taught that they didn\u2019t \u201cdeserve\u201d God\u2019s Love or that they had to somehow figure out how to \u201cearn\u201d it or contort themselves to be \u201cworthy\u201d of it. What a racket! The adults, parents, priests/pastors, congregations, church, whoever/whatever if they\u2019re not careful can totally ruin \u201cGod\u201d for people. \n\nLet me say this louder for the people in the back, God\u2019s love is not something we have to earn. We\u2019re born both deserving and worthy of it and yet somewhere along the way in our journey of life we can lose sight of that. Instead we start to believe the BS that we have to be \u201cgood enough\u201d for God to even consider us lovable. \n\nToday on The Karen Kenney Show, we\u2019re talking about how sometimes our connection to the Divine gets muddled as we move through life. Often this is because we take on what others are saying as the \u201cgospel truth\u201d - instead of cultivating, exploring and experiencing our own personal relationship with the God of our own understanding for ourselves. \n\nThe reality is God/Source/Divine/Love/Spirit/Whatever You Call It is here for all of us. Standing always at the ready for us to come home to the loving truth. The trick is to step through that open waiting door and not let others ruin the experience of that unconditional and unwavering Love for us.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/22c50850-e75c-4734-b25e-87faf90de9ff/2026-Podcast-Artwork-512KB.jpg"}